So I just got into SY
 

And yes I am very late about that. I got into the early nineties music and riot grrl and grunge and hole when I was 12 but Sonic Youth didn't click right away. I thought they were like those other bands but was I off. Four years later, I bought Trees Outside the Academy, fell in love with it, and that ushered me into the album "Washing Machine" and I totally understand the appeal. And I totally dig it! I haven't stopped listening to Tunic and Cinderella's Big Score for a WEEK.

And now I have found this lovely board :D

So yeah for Sonic Youth!

welcome, the first time you listen to them it is orgasmic.

Oh it is. I've been listening and listening and listening, Mildred Pierce will NOT walk out of my head, and all through school I'm thinking "Screw Algebra I want Sonic Youth more more more".

It's pretty fascinating I must say.

i really admire you for getting into them so quickly and passionately. all my friends that i introduce them to either hate it, or say like yeah okay, but i know they don't really get it.

Yeah, alot of people look them up because "kurt said so", but realize it's not Nirvana, and suddenly it's, "what the fuck is this"...

I don't know why people on this board are always going on about this "Sonic Youth" business. I don't listen to anything that doesn't sound EXACTLY like Nirvana, I don't know about you freaks...

I don't like Nirvana :( Never really have too much. I was always into Hole, still am.

Sonic Youth beat all of that, though.

Word.

Ha, yeah. To me, Nirvana's songs sound the same but I get ripped apart usually when I say that. I started rocking and rolling to Live Through This way before I ever even listened to Nevermind fully. I am a huge Hole fan though I used to be really obnoxious about it and a total Courtney tard. But now I realize Courtney is crazy but hey it's all about the music right?

But yeah, on track - Sonic Youth = greatest thing ever? Gonna have to say YES *thumbs up*

To be totally honest, I haven't had a good SY listening session in months. I need to stop listening to showtunes.

It's one of the best feelings in the world when first getting into a new band. My friend has just gotten interested in Radiohead and I'm literally jealous of him, because it's like your standing under a waterfall of amazing albums and songs. I already got all the Radiohead stuff and listened to it a bunch.

Especially when the band has released a ton of albums, its just non-stop new music to listen to. It's awesome!

I don't know. After you've heard the raw power of the Stooges, everything else just sounds, so, oh, I don't know... precious.

JUNO!!!!!!!

(My uncle met Iggy Pop the other day!)

Get out of town, no way. Is your uncle Tom Waits or somebody?

No he works for Truly Nolan he tented Iggy Pop's house!

Iggy loves Miami apparently and he has THREE houses here! (Yeah I've stalked him shhh...like I literally have) and my uncle tented a house for him and Iggy met him out front and gave him autographs and what not (because my aunt is a huge fan as well) and a "surprise" which I don't know what it is yet.

!!!

I love your signature btw. High Fidelity is my number two favorite movie. Tied with Almost Famous.

Ask your uncle to ask Iggy when he's going to apologize for making that sucky comeback Stooges album last year.

I didn't even listen to it. I don't much like all that "reunion" stuff.

That's smart. They usually don't work.

I envy anyone getting into SY for the first time.

It's always a really great, fun as hell experience.

the first time i listened to them, it was far from orgasmic.

the first time i listened to sy that was orgasmic was probably the 20th one, not that that's the last time it happened.

Same deal here really.. except I haven't been listening to showtunes, just the terrifically appealing retarded emotion that is "Letting off the Happiness". There's not even one single SY song on my iPod anymore! Sacrilege!

I listened to the SY eponymous EP last night though, so I was cleansed by an assault of holy noise.

Good to have a new fan here. :D

The last two times I've mentioned Sonic Youth to people I don't know (and who don't know Sonic Youth) they asked me if I had seen Juno.

...still waiting for a Juno-inspired wave of new members...

Now I'll check if there are "Juno '44" songs in the soudtrack ahah.

oh god that is so true. i miss falling in love with SY. that was the best experience

hahahahha!!!! I LAUGH AT THIS!!!!!


I dig the stooges man, but the animals were nearly as rockin garage style! the stooges just happened to have IGGY

without IGGY the stooges would have been a fucking forgetable garage rock band

there, I said it.

I'm very happy for you, Chalk! (Can I call you Chalk for short?) I remember very clearly how exciting it was to discover this band. Welcome to the board!

(And don't go slacking off on yr algebra!)

Rob Instigator I like your sig! :D

After listening to Goo and Experimental Jet Set 50 times I'm going to buy Sister tonight...

And Chalk is totally cool for a name!

Welcome

Yeah, Sister is a Good choice, it' s my favourite. I envy you.
You lucky !
You should buy EVOL, Daydream Nation next. And Bad Moon Rising. And Confusion is Sex. And Goo. And...
Welcome on this board.:)

Ha :D

What I have so far:

Experimental Jet Set, Trash, and No Star
Goo
Washing Machine
Rather Ripped
Sonic Nurse
Daydream Nation

So I'm going to buy Sister, and I have money for another - what should it be?

if you're ready for the crazy shit, confusion is sex

I don't know if I can handle that yet...

haha i actualy started with confusion is sex and bad moon rising. that's what really turned me on. go for it man, i dare you.

Okay so I'm going to buy Sister for sure, and I might do Confusion is Sex since you dared me. HOWEVER. I'm feelin' EVOL...so I'm going for all three!

I am going to be so broke :(

HELP!

I can only afford Sister and one other album. I'm torn between Confusion is Sex and EVOL, I'm leaning toward Confusion is Sex but I need help please!!

EVOL has Tom Violence and Expressway To Yr Skull, so I'd go with that.

It took me ages to get into Sonic Youth, Teen Age Riot was the only song I liked. But then I heard Candle, and now SY is one of my favourites.

Bright Eyes, Showtunes. Same diff. And by same diff I mean that is all I listen to. And Old Springs Pike, but that's showtunes indirectly.

Unfortunately, the movie links Sonic Youth with the creepy Jason Bateman character who can't grow up and commit and is attracted to the 16-year-old prego. This can hardly be good p.r. for Sonic Youth.

Fact, I squirmed a little because of this, knowing how much my wife and kids think it's "weird" I like Sonic Youth at my age (I've ALWAYS liked them, is the thing. Just because I liked them when I was 35 doesn't mean I have to stop liking them when I'm 50. I freaking went through my 30- and 40-somethings with them.)

you are me when i was 12. and i mean to a fucking tee.
(ps that is not an insult)